No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [adv] there [was/were] a silence | 5 | |
2 | [adv] there [was/were] a silence | 5 | |
3 | there [was/were] a [adj] silence | 216 | |
4 | there [was/were] a [adj] silence | 202 | |
5 | there [was/were] a long silence | 70 | |
6 | there [was/were] a long silence | 68 | |
7 | there [was/were] a brief silence | 20 | |
8 | there [was/were] a brief silence | 20 | |
9 | there [was/were] a short silence | 18 | |
10 | there [was/were] a short silence | 18 | |
11 | there [was/were] a [det] silence | 12 | |
12 | there [was/were] a little silence | 12 | |
13 | there [was/were] a little silence | 12 | |
14 | there [was/were] a stunned silence | 11 | |
15 | there [was/were] a stunned silence | 11 | |
16 | there [was/were] a tense silence | 8 | |
17 | there [was/were] a tense silence | 8 | |
18 | there [was/were] a momentary silence | 7 | |
19 | there [was/were] a momentary silence | 7 | |
20 | there [was/were] a small silence | 6 | |
21 | there [was/were] a small silence | 6 | |
22 | there [was/were] a fraught silence | 5 | |
23 | there [was/were] a fraught silence | 5 | |
24 | there [was/were] a silence [prep] | 19 | |
25 | there [was/were] a silence [prep] | 19 | |
26 | there [was/were] a silence [conj] | 11 | |
27 | there [was/were] a silence in | 7 | |
28 | there [was/were] a silence in | 7 | |
29 | there [was/were] a silence [subord] | 5 |